, donald vance and nathan ertel, were reportedly arrested and tortured after collaborating with the fbi in an investigation of their employer in iraq, the private sector company shield group security. the men were eventually released and never charged with a crime. wednesday's decision overturns two the previous court rulings allowing the case to proceed. the obama administration followed the bush a ministration in seeking the lawsuit's dismissal. and those are some of the headlines. this is "democracy now!," democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. >> it must be stopped. you must stand united on this incident out frightful assassin of our youth. you can do it by bringing about compulsory education on the subject of narcotics in general. marijuana, in particular. >> more than seven years after the film "refer badness close coast of hysteria over marijuana usage, colorado and washington have become the first states to legal marijuana for recreational use print in a historic move, 52% of voters in colorado supported amendment 64, which will amend the state constitution